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    Genocide issues are examined in Geneva

    news.am
    July 06, 2012 | 10:30

    Within the framework of the 20th UN Human Rights Council session held
    in Geneva, Switzerland, and event was organized on June 19 to study
    the Council's important role in the use of the principle of the
    responsibility to protect.

    During the discussions Armenia's delegation made a statement, whereby
    it underscored this principle in the human security system.

    It noted that the Armenian people survived the 20th century's first
    genocide, which claimed the lives of 1.5 million Armenians, and this
    is why Armenia salutes any effort toward preventing crimes against
    humanity. And as a positive example for such effort, the Armenian
    delegation pointed to the Armenian Genocide's recognition by dozens of
    countries, which is as a result of cooperation between Armenia and the
    Armenian diaspora.

    Also, the delegation noted that massacring of 1.5 million Armenians is
    a failure of a state's principle to protect its own population while
    the surviving of 2.5 million Armenians and the existence of Armenia,
    Armenian diaspora, and Armenian people are a success of the
    international community's commitment to protect.

    An on June 20, a working discussion was held devoted to the memory of
    Raphael Lemkin, who had coined the word `genocide.'

    Armenia's delegation made a statement during these discussions, too,
    and pointed to Lemkin's invaluable role in genocide prevention.

    Also, Lemkin's following words were recalled: `We forget too quickly.
    Yesterday, the victims were `only' Armenians; today, `only' the
    Jews - but also Poles and other European peoples. And who will be
    tomorrow?'

    Armenia's delegation noted that the country's president bestows awards
    to those who have contributed to genocide prevention, and the Armenian
    Genocide Museum-Institute allocates scholarships for Armenian Genocide
    studies.

    In response, the Turkish delegation voiced its approach which,
    however, was accepted negatively by those present, who assessed it as
    a response to Raphael Lemkin, and not to the Armenian delegation.

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